Daily Archives: 11th February 2014

FROM ALOYSIUS ATTAH, Nsukka There is apprehension in Okpo Community, Enugu Ezike, Igbo- Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State following the murder of a man and his seven-month pregnant wife. The victims, identified as Ogbuenyi Idoko, were murdered in their bedroom, had their throats slashed with a sharp knife while their blood was collected…

From EMMANUEL UZOR, OnitshaAcleric of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, is cooling his feet in prison pending the perfection of his bail application following his alleged involvement in series of kidnapping and gun running in Anambra State.The suspect, Rev Christopher Nwoye, a native of Umunze in Orumba South council area of the state was…

A Lagos High Court, sitting in Ikeja has issued a bench warrant against an oil marketer, Mr. Oluwaseun Ogunbambo, for his continuous failure to face trial.Ogunbambo and Habila Theck, alongside their company, Fargo Energy Limited, are being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly defrauding the Federal Government to the tune…

Pastor Peter Kayode Falarungbon is the Head Pastor of Awakeners Chapel International. He was the first Head Pastor of the Ghana branch of T.B. Joshua’s Church, Synagogue Church of All Nations.In the latest edition of the world acclaimed Nigerian Religious magazine-Lifeway, Pastor Kayode reveals how the Head Pastor of the Synagogue Church of All Nations,…

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday issued a fresh order remanding in prison custody three suspected Boko Haram members, including a university don, Dr Mohammed Yunus.The trial high court judge, Justice Gabriel Kolawole, gave the remand order after a four-hour legal argument by counsel in the case on why or not bail should…

LAGOS—NIGERIA Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, yesterday in Lagos threatened to stop fuel distribution and shut down the nation’s oil sector over alleged unfair labour practices and other nefarious activities by major oil marketers and multi-national oil companies in Nigeria.NUPENG claimed the activities of oil marketers and multi-national companies amounted to economic…

An aide of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has warned the political adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak, to weigh and guard his utterances especially as they affect senior citizens of Nigeria. The warning came from Danladi DanAsabe, an associate of Mr. Abubakar, and Chairman of Adamawa Think Tank group, in a statement sent to …

There is anxiety in Cross River as the United Nations joint commission demarcates boundary between Nigeria and Cameroun.Cameroon, which is the country’s neighbour alongside officials from the United Nations is already carrying out the demarcation of her border with Nigeria and in the process, carving the villages as part of her territory. The towns involved…

Barely 12 years after Nigeria lost Bakassi Peninsula, there anxiety over boundary demarcation between Cross River and Cameroon, following fears that no fewer than 10 communities in Ikom, Obudu, Obanliku and Boki local government areas of Cross River may be ceded to the Francophone country. The Cross River State government, speaking through the Chief Press…

LEADER of the defunct Movement for Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND, Henry Okah, serving a 24-year jail term for terrorism in South Africa and four other inmates, attempted breaking jail, Vanguard learnt, yesterday. Spokesman for South Africa’s Department of Correctional Services, Manelisi Wolela, who confirmed the botched effort told reporters: “I can confirm that Okah…